The book delves into confidential reports crafted by fraud examiners following internal investigations, highlighting the delicate nature of these documents. Typically owned by client organizations, these reports reveal potential misconduct that could jeopardize business reputations. By examining these hidden findings, the book sheds light on the complexities of fraud detection and the ethical dilemmas faced by organizations in managing sensitive information.
A Convenience Theory Approach to Executive Deviance
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Focusing on white-collar crime, this book presents a bottom-up approach to executive compliance, emphasizing the need for organizational measures that deter potential offenders. By flipping the traditional perspective on control, it highlights the importance of making criminal behavior less convenient for executives, ultimately aiming to reduce instances of white-collar crime within organizations.
The book delves into the concept of compliance as a critical mechanism for regulating corporations and complex organizations, highlighting its significance in the realm of white-collar crime. It addresses the gap in criminological studies regarding compliance, advocating for a deeper examination of this often-overlooked aspect. By focusing on the strategic role of compliance, the work aims to enhance understanding of its implications for corporate governance and crime prevention.
The book advocates for a bottom-up approach to corporate control, challenging the traditional top-down management methods that often overlook misconduct by executives. It emphasizes the importance of empowering employees to recognize and address wrongdoing within organizations, suggesting that a shift in perspective is necessary to effectively manage and prevent unethical behavior among all levels of staff. By focusing on inclusive strategies, it aims to create a more accountable and transparent corporate environment.
Exploring the concept of social license, this volume examines its implications for white-collar and corporate crime within the criminal justice system. It contrasts traditional theories that focus on legal licenses with the social license perspective, highlighting how violations can lead to severe consequences for executives and companies, such as job termination and market losses. This approach sheds light on the often-overlooked aspects of accountability in corporate behavior and emphasizes the broader impact of corporate misconduct on society.
Focusing on the role of Chief Executives in white collar crime, this book utilizes convenience theory to analyze their influence and decision-making processes. It serves as a vital resource for academics and researchers in criminology, criminal justice, law enforcement policy, business management, and organizational behavior, offering insights into the intersection of leadership and unethical practices in corporate environments.
Focusing on the concept of white-collar crime in the digital realm, this monograph examines the convenience factor from an offender-based perspective. It critiques the diminishing attention given to white-collar crime within the broader context of cybercrime in recent years and advocates for a comprehensive reassessment of its relevance in modern digital societies. The book begins with a theoretical introduction before delving into detailed discussions aimed at enhancing the existing literature on this critical topic in criminology.
Focusing on environmental crime, this book examines the motivations and opportunities behind deviant behavior through the lens of convenience theory. It highlights the case study of Tjøme, Norway, where affluent individuals exploited building permits in protected zones. The investigation, aided by whistleblowers, reveals the complexities involving corrupt officials, architects, and attorneys. Additionally, it analyzes the Vest Tank toxic waste incident, where key executives faced prison time, offering a rare perspective on accountability in environmental offenses. Case studies from Norway complement familiar examples from the USA.
The book explores white-collar crime through global case studies, focusing on offenders in high-ranking business roles and their motivations. It introduces the theory of convenience to analyze financial motives, professional opportunities, and individual tendencies toward deviance among chairpersons, CEOs, and female executives. By examining cases from countries like Denmark, Germany, and the U.S., it highlights patterns of abuse for economic gain and offers insights relevant to fields such as criminal justice, organizational behavior, and business administration.
As documented in a number of case studies (from Telia Telecom in Sweden to Wirecard in Germany) in this book, recidivism seems to be of a substantial magnitude in corporate crime. Corporations tend to repeat white-collar offenses such as financial crime and environmental crime in various forms as long as they find it convenient. A minor fine from time to time and dismissal of some executives as scapegoats do not prevent corporations from committing and concealing new offenses as long as there is a convenient financial motive, a convenient organizational opportunity, and a convenient willingness for deviant behavior. Businesses and their executives tend to be recidivists who get away with light punishment in most jurisdictions. The relevant audiences for this book include law students, business students, sociology students, and criminology students. Fraud examiners, defense attorneys, compliance officers, police investigators, as well as prosecutors can find the structural model of convenience to be an ideal template in preparing corporate crime case narratives.
Focusing on the interplay between personal motives and organizational opportunities, this book offers a fresh perspective on white-collar crime. It explores how shifts in individual motivations influence the propensity for deviant behavior within organizations. Aimed at professionals in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Criminal Law, and Business Studies, it provides valuable insights into the complexities of white-collar crime dynamics.
Focusing on the theory of convenience, this book delves into the motivations and enabling factors behind white-collar crime within the business context. It posits that elite individuals' likelihood of committing and concealing economic offenses is influenced by their inclination towards convenience in appealing yet problematic scenarios. The chapters are structured around key theoretical dimensions, including economic motives, organizational opportunities, and personal willingness, providing a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of white-collar criminal behavior.
